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第2章 青春不散場 (1)

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Endless Youth

因為他的存在,你開懷大笑;因為他的存在,你相信人間真情永駐;因為他的存在,你堅信世界上存在一扇不加鎖的門,隻等待你來開啟。這就是永恒的友誼。在艱難、困苦、煩惱的日子裏,即使世界上所有的人都背叛你,他始終陪伴著你,世界也由黯淡、空虛變得明亮而充實:這就是永遠的朋友。

尋找自己的路

Finding My Way

熱妮?高迪奧瑟 / Zan Gaudioso

I started college when I was 16 years old. It was a big scary place, and I was young. I remember standing in line for registration with the hordes of other people. I felt so insecure and inadequate next to those who were my supposed peers. How would I ever measure up to these people who seemed so confident and sure of what they wanted?

I didn’t have any specific direction. I didn’t have a clue as to what I wanted to do or be. College was just the next logical step. I felt very much out of place. To me, these people around me embodied my picture of the consummate college student. They stood there laughing with their friends, a cup of coffee in one hand, the schedule of classes in the other, discussing their options for the upcoming term. Me, I had a list of classes on a piece of paper that I had painstakingly worked out with my big brother the night before. If I didn’t get those particular classes, I was sunk. The idea of having a backup plan never even occurred to me. What would I do? I would just die. I knew that crying wasn’t an option—I was in college for heaven’s sake! Maybe throwing up would be a more socially acceptable reaction. I was alone, nervous and feeling like a cartoon in a museum of priceless paintings.

When the first week of classes started, I had the daunting task of trying to figure out where my classes were in this city they called a school. I was already exhausted by the overwhelming task of trying to park my car. Feeling awkward, out of place and in a world of logistical nightmares, studying and getting an education were the last things on my mind. But I put one foot in front of the other and prayed l would find some solace somewhere. And I did.